US Bank Agilist Category Technology & Digital Job 

Kenya, Nairobi County 

579615289

Job Description

U.S. Bank is seeking the position of Agilist in Atlanta, GA.

Essential Responsibilities:

The Agilist will be responsible for acting as a leader as part of an Agile team to deliver high value software solutions that contribute to the success of our technology initiatives in an agile environment. In addition, this role provides overall guidance for team to adhere to Agile principles and practices. Specific duties include:

• Lead Scrum teams in Agile methodology and Scrum practices while continuously coaching teams to higher levels of maturity.

• Facilitate team-level product increment planning, sprint planning, goal setting, and commitment to deliverables and providing daily support to Scrum teams and ensure full software development lifecycle (SDLC) practices are understood and practiced on assigned teams.

• Interface with Product Owners and peer product teams to drive delivery of cross-team solutions.

• Perform risk, scope, planning and reporting functions to meet goals.

• Facilitate Sprint Planning, Backlog Refinement, Daily Stand-Ups, Reviews/Demos.

• Lead team retrospectives to capture feedback and drive continuous improvement.

• Support the RTE in planning readiness and execution for the quarterly plan (PI).

• Track and communicate the KPIs and sprint/PI progress/reports to business leadership.

• Work with Product Manager to define software release plan and scope with appropriate leads.

• Facilitate Release of Code to Production by coordinating with Product Management, Dev team and DevOps.

• Create store procedures and required database scripts using Toad for Oracle.

• Design and create User-Defined SQL queries for extracting the data from source systems and create new reports and update existing report as per business requirement and practices using SQL, MS Excel and Tableau.

Basic Qualifications:

This position requires a Master’s degree or equivalent in Information Technology and Management or Computer Science and three years of Scrum Master experience.

Required Skills/Experience:

Our approach to benefits and total rewards considers our team members’ whole selves and what may be needed to thrive in and outside work. That's why our benefits are designed to help you and your family boost your health, protect your financial security and give you peace of mind. Our benefits include the following (some may vary based on role, location or hours):

• Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)

• Basic term and optional term life insurance

• Short-term and long-term disability

• Pregnancy disability and parental leave

• 401(k) and employer-funded retirement plan

• Paid vacation (from two to five weeks depending on salary grade and tenure)

• Up to 11 paid holiday opportunities

• Adoption assistance

• Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 80 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law

EEO is the Law

U.S. Bank participates in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security E-Verify program in all facilities located in the United States and certain U.S. territories. The E-Verify program is an Internet-based employment eligibility verification system operated by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Learn more about the .

In addition to salary, U.S. Bank offers a comprehensive benefits package, including incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase 401(k) contribution and pension (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). U.S. Bank accepts applications for this position on an ongoing basis.